Tag: U.S. State Department
US report accuses Israel of causing ‘severe’ human rights crisis in Gaza
The Jewish state responded to Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attack with “a sustained, wide-scale military operation in Gaza, which had killed more than 21,000 Palestinians and injured more than 56,000 by the end of...
In DC, Lapid discusses hostage deal with Blinken, meets with senators
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid discussed efforts to free the 133 remaining hostages being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip during a meeting in Washington on...
Blinken announces program to return Nazi-looted art to descendants
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke via video on Tuesday for the 25th anniversary of the Washington Principles on Nazi-confiscated art and best practices event, announcing a new effort by the U.S. State Department to...
Blinken: New Israeli housing units ‘inconsistent with international law’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that Israel’s approval of 3,000 new housing units in Judea—announced after one Israeli was killed and six wounded in a terrorist attack near Jerusalem—is “contrary to international law.”
That declaration...
AJC official appointed to US State Department’s antisemitism envoy office
Julie Katz, the Atlanta associate director of the American Jewish Committee, will take a year off from her position to serve in the U.S. State Department, working with Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the U.S. special envoy to...
‘Who wrote this thing??’ State Department official asks of $1 million grants to investigate...
A U.S. State Department prospectus in February 2022 for one or two grants—each valued between $493,827 and $987,654—called for “strengthening human rights and accountability in Israel and the West Bank and Gaza.” One of the aims...
Experts dismiss ‘Politico’ claim Blinken ‘too nice to be secretary of state’
Antony Blinken, the U.S. secretary of state, is so dull that a “major news organization” scrapped a profile of him after its journalists struggled mightily to find relevant “spicy anecdotes.” For senior Politico foreign-affairs correspondent Nahal...
‘Far-flung, expanding impact’ of Hamas war, says top US Middle East envoy
The U.S. State Department’s top Middle East envoy has spent nearly her entire career working in the region and has never seen it so hot.
“In my experience, there is nothing like the challenges that...
In rare move, US slams Israeli ministers by name for calling for Palestinian resettlement
Matthew Miller, the U.S. State Department spokesman, rejected calls on Tuesday from two Israeli ministers for Palestinians to be permanently resettled outside of Gaza and for Israel to re-establish Jewish communities within the Strip.
“This...
‘Are you guys aware how isolated you are?’ reporter asks State Dept, of UN...
Teeing up the first question at the U.S. State Department's Dec. 11 press briefing, Matt Lee noted that the United States vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution on Friday calling for a ceasefire. And U.S. Secretary...